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ASTAL Rhode Island Book of the Year Award
ASTAL established the Rhode Island
Book of the Year Award in 2007 to honor excellence in the literature for young people. The award recognizes a book that is either set in our state or written by Rhode Islanders. Books will be considered
annually for the award.The criteria for selection include:
- Literary merit
- Appropriateness for the adolescent audience
- Written by a Rhode Island author or set in Rhode Island
Eligibility is determined by the following:
- The award-winning book may be fiction, non-fiction, or poetry.
- Books must have been published in the three years preceding announcement of the award.
- To be eligible, a book must have been designated as juvenile or young adult book i.e., for ages 10 through 18. Adult books are not eligible.
Nominations may be made throughout the year until one month before the annual spring luncheon. They should be submitted to astal@ric.edu.The ASTAL Rhode Island Book of the Year will be announced annually at the
Spring ASTAL Authors Luncheon. Past recipients include:
- 2007
Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle
- 2008
Hiroshima Dreams by Kelly Easton
What Happened by Peter Johnson
- 2009 Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter Hughes
2010 Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
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ASTAL Facts
Did you know ASTAL has hosted 88 author visits to RIC?
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Astal Fall Book Bash
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Student Union Ballroom
Rhode Island CollegeMeet and Greet the Authors!
Light Refreshments! Book Sales and Signings! Free Books! Raffles!Featuring:
- Emily Danforth
- Mark Peter Hughes
- Liza Ketchum
- Peter Johnson
- Rebecca Maizel
- Kim Marcus
- Reade Scott Whinnem
- Kim Ablon Whitney
Pre-Register by October 7, 2011
Adults: $15 with CEUs available for educators
Students: $5
Co-sponsored by the Rhode Island College English Club and Shoreline Magazine
Lemonade Mouth the Movie
Great news about our good friend, Mark Peter Hughes' book, Lemonade Mouth
. The Disney movie version will be shown on the Disney Channel starting April 15th at 8:00pm eastern time.Go to
Mark's website and sign up for his twitter @Lemonade Mouth and Lemonade Mouth facebook page (links are also on his website).
Mark has also posted a new video, a musical response to a reader's letter -- see his website's Videos page. Disney just did a movie trailer and a music video for their first-released
song from the movie. Check them out at these links:
Movie Trailer
First Disney music video, "Somebody"
 BOOKS FOR TEACHERS PROGRAM
Check out our list of books available for use in your classrooms.
BOOKS FOR KIDS PROGRAM
Learn how ASTAL brings authors to RI schools and distributes their books directly to the students.
ASTAL BOOK CLUB
Do you have trouble making time to read the latest books for young people? We have the solution: join the 2007-08 ASTAL Book Club!
WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT ASTAL @ RIC?
You can join the ASTAL Listserv by sending your e-mail address to Dr. Jean E. Brown and indicating that
you want to be added to the list.
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